Stephanie

#557 for girls in 2025, 543 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #10,808
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 23,243 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
745,148
since 1891

Stephanie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #6, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#557543
2024#534571
2023#467659
2022#480659
2021#452692
2020#437703
2019#352896
2018#3181,031
2017#2871,136
2016#2361,370
2015#2091,558
2014#2051,644
2013#1941,677
2012#1681,888
2011#1462,151#10,8086
2010#1262,492
2009#1122,922#10,9946
2008#1053,320#9,0198
2007#883,811#8,9158
2006#704,511#10,6626
2005#644,701#7,09610
2004#555,181#5,00716
2003#495,603#6,25811
2002#416,270#4,32218
2001#436,613#4,30218
2000#407,028#5,92011
1999#377,692#3,48022
1998#298,491#3,70819
1997#239,778#2,61330
1996#2011,643#2,21837
1995#1612,977#1,88745
1994#1514,750#1,68953
1993#1017,186#1,49362
1992#819,680#1,32872
1991#722,775#1,17089
1990#724,864#1,049102
1989#822,766#837143
1988#722,843#1,02392
1987#622,402#914106
1986#622,651#92597
1985#623,243#845113
1984#623,025#848107
1983#822,329#89596
1982#720,861#99582
1981#820,212#90697
1980#1317,841#1,04275
1979#1516,204#1,02375
1978#1616,233#1,12161
1977#1415,417#1,15857
1976#1115,180#1,08460
1975#915,775#96572
1974#916,984#1,05261
1973#917,263#98767
1972#816,890#1,06957
1971#1115,135#1,13852
1970#1715,387#1,04361
1969#1914,488#1,13647
1968#2312,953#1,39331
1967#2513,354#1,15042
1966#3810,160#1,21638
1965#449,765#1,22639
1964#577,938#1,97517
1963#646,825#1,90218
1962#706,257#1,80520
1961#785,816#2,40912
1960#915,265#2,31513
1959#1014,826#2,29513
1958#1134,252#2,8189
1957#1104,221#3,2577
1956#1113,911#2,16814
1955#1143,749#3,2017
1954#1233,369#2,9428
1953#1233,081
1952#1232,931#3,3736
1951#1292,575
1950#1222,642
1949#1282,515#2,45310
1948#1372,103
1947#1711,693#3,0967
1946#1761,508
1945#219871
1944#220898
1943#238800
1942#269663
1941#292491
1940#319394
1939#398282
1938#442232
1937#452209
1936#496169
1935#512156
1934#568128
1933#637106
1932#572131
1931#71788
1930#679102
1929#70698
1928#632124
1927#638126
1926#544166
1925#559165
1924#463225
1923#433243
1922#459223
1921#382305
1920#370313
1919#364311
1918#333374
1917#309394
1916#302397
1915#308361
1914#315280
1913#358185
1912#355165
1911#373118
1910#42188
1909#47363
1908#43868
1907#55443
1906#60235
1905#57936
1904#60032
1903#56533
1902#1,02412
1901#79517
1900#74224
1899#83515
1898#92014
1897#69920
1896#90313
1895#1,2028
1894#1,1368
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0179
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
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1880
First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Stephanie! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stephanie is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #247 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,038 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #318 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,489 girlsMINew York: #459 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,754 girlsNYMassachusetts: #300 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedINOhio: #418 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,109 girlsOHPennsylvania: #447 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,353 girlsPANew Jersey: #216 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,071 girlsNJConnecticut: #235 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,390 girlsCTCalifornia: #552 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,130 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Stephanie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#216 · 1 in 2,071
  2. Connecticut#235 · 1 in 2,390
  3. Illinois#247 · 1 in 2,038
  4. Massachusetts#300 · 1 in 4,296
  5. Michigan#318 · 1 in 3,489

Best ever in a state: #2 in Wyoming, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#216151 in 2,071
Connecticut#23551 in 2,390
Illinois#247291 in 2,038
Massachusetts#30081 in 4,296
Michigan#318121 in 3,489
Ohio#41891 in 6,109
Pennsylvania#447111 in 8,353
New York#459131 in 7,754
California#55261 in 6,130
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stephanie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#534#557)
  • 120 spots since 2020 (#437#557)
  • 348 spots since 2015 (#209#557)
  • Biggest jump: 459 spots in 1903 (#1,024#565)
  • Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1902 (#795#1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1985 at #6 (23,243 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: 17 yrs · run 1981–1993
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1960–2007
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 girls born in 1984 were named Stephanie (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,960 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1985, was only 1 in 74 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Stephanie (218,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s100#699 (1897)#1,015
1900s363#438 (1908)#637
1910s2,673#302 (1916)#344
1920s1,988#370 (1920)#519
1930s1,603#398 (1939)#547
1940s11,936#128 (1949)#217
1950s35,557#101 (1959)#117
1960s92,821#19 (1969)#51
1970s160,468#8 (1972)#12
1980s218,173#6 (1985)#8
1990s149,836#7 (1990)#17
2000s49,960#40 (2000)#67
2010s15,843#126 (2010)#224
2020s3,827#437 (2020)#488

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stephanie in 1927

girls
#638
126 births · 1 in 9,464 girls

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #638Stephanie126
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 9,464 of them was named Stephanie, which outranked 88.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stephanie
  1. #632Magdalene127
  2. #632Mayme127
  3. #632Myrtice127
  4. #638Stephanie126
  5. #638Gearldine126
  6. #638Leslie126
  7. #638Mina126
  8. #643Carolina125
  9. #643Cathryn125
  10. #643Darleen125

Tied with 4 names at #638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927